Big Tech Consolidation - Interesting Trends

Big Tech Consolidation - Interesting Trends

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Feb 2020 issue from FTC for Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft to report acquisitions from 2010-2019. ﻿
65% transactions between $1 and $25 million
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Mostly <5 years old companies. Mostly for asset and control reasons. Acqui-hiring af. Also 75%+ of transactions had non-compete clauses for founders and key employees. More common in larger transactions. 
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Considering the demographic of big tech, this all makes sense
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Given the rise of unicorn tech companies in 2020-2021, interested to see how these trends shift. Been seeing Stripe go off on acquisitions recently - Plaid, Paypal, etc. 

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